As another point of reference, using the touchscreen interface was the single worst thing about the 2021 XC40 I drove for a while. So I’m not sure anyone should be taking advice from volvo on software.
Completely agree. I own a 2020 V90 CC and the software is far worse in many regards than the car that it replaced: a 2016 base model VW Golf. I have radio glitches, the parking sensors kick in when no objects are present, the drive profiles that should activate when you use paired keys don’t activate. Not to mention using CarPlay or android auto only allows you to use the lower half of the display, with the upper half rendered useless.
I have nearly every safety feature turned off in the car because they all generate false positives at an astounding rate. Automatic braking kicks in for parked cars, billboards on the side of the road, cars traversing roundabouts in front of you, heck, probably even for gusts of wind.
They refreshed the interface recently with Android Auto, however they’re missing key features and have regressed on some major integrations - for example, they don’t support CarPlay in the current iteration.